[Archived] Next manager

[roverandout]

klc, erm yes, if he gets us promoted, an inexperienced manager would more than likely take longer to get us back to the premiership

correct gumboots!!!

[Ianrally]

Purely hypothetical - said experienced manager is fine with the club structure but wants a five year contract on 4 million pounds per year (plus bonus if he actually achieves anything). Still a good option for Blackburn?

I agree but I was taking the monetary element out of the equation.

By the way your not from Torsby by any chance?

[rovers11]

Freedman is likely to be in demand. Bolton's choice to replace could I believe.

[Roverthechimp]

I agree but I was taking the monetary element out of the equation.

By the way your not from Torsby by any chance?

Nope - not from Torsby.

[roverandout]

and bolton will get him, a well run club with people who know what they want

[TBTF]

Freedman is likely to be in demand. Bolton's choice to replace could I believe.

Complete and utter feck up beckons.Amazed by the quality of applicants, overwhelmed because we are such a great club.Next sentence, Keith Hill ??? Paul Dickov??? FFS tacky, horrible, blown their brains on Jordan Rhodes (and probably not enjoying what they are seeing last few games).The financial cupboard is empty and we are heading into the final stretch of our journey into oblivion.

[andymcg06]

What makes anybody think Robinson would do any better than Ince did, they both have a similar sort of record interms of managerial sucsses, if anything ince is more experienced than Robinson.

I personally think what the club needs now is an established, experienced manager who can get the club running professionally and get the team performing how they should be on the field, no risks, no experiments !

We need a well seasoned pro coach who knows exactly what needs to be done and exactly how it needs to be done, no more cheap "up n comers"! The Venkys need to put their hands into their pockets and pay for somebody who can get us out of the mess the club is in top too bottom !

The only up and comer I would be happy with is OGS because where ever he has coached he has been a winner, he won the league with the united reserves and has won the league for the first time in 100 years at Molde (and it looks like he's going to make it 2 league titles in as many seasons), he was a winner as a player and he has carried that into his managerial career, and that's something that can't be trained into you, you've either got that winning mentality or you don't and I personal don't think Robinson or the majority of the candidates do.

For ME I would like to see in this order;

Schuster

Trapattoni

OGS

[Tom]

Nicko once suggested Stuart McCall

Personally I am in shock that he rates a Scottish manager but I wondered what thoughts on him were?

Is Grayson an option?

[roverandout]

agreed tbtf, no point in splashing out big on a goalscorer who is yet to be the finished article if we go for a manager who has no experience to teach him jack,

[SirLarsIII]

After making some more research I still cant se why Robinson, Hill or Freedman should be in contention for the managers job.

They havent achieved anything that hasnt already been achieved by alot of the other managers in britan. They are nothing special - at all.

It just seems like the media like them - but I cant see why they are so special as some make them out to be?

And Robinson was Ince nr 2 - the worst manager we have ever had. Why take his assistant as our new savior??

[roverandout]

stuart mccall would be a decent shout, at least he has managed at the top-levelish, the other names mentioned are a complete joke

they want the new lambert or rodgers, well before these guys went to villa and liverpool, they served their apprenticeships as managers who achieved promotion to the premierleague and stayed there, lambert got norwich to two successive promotions, what has robinson or dickov done? diddly squat, there are no more decent up and coming managers around at the mo because they have either gone to big premierleague clubs or are destined to do so soon, we would be scraping the bottom of the barrel regarding young managers. Freedman sounds a good option but according to media people he will be destined for bigger things than rovers

[rog of the rovers]

Dougie Freedman has done a good job at Palace, surprised more people aren't backing his case.

Comfortably kept them up last season despite losing his best player (Danns) also led the Eagles to the Carling Cup Semi Final (lost on penalties to Cardiff, beat Man Utd at Old Trafford in Quarters) and has taken Palace to 4th this year despite losing Clyne and Ambrose, He has had a limited budget at Palace, and regularly had to try and get the best out of an average squad with a lot of young players.

[andymcg06]

stuart mccall would be a decent shout, at least he has managed at the top-levelish

I wouldn't call Bradford and Motherwell "top-levelish"

[Mike E]

After making some more research I still cant se why Robinson, Hill or Freedman should be in contention for the managers job.

They havent achieved anything that hasnt already been achieved by alot of the other managers in britan. They are nothing special - at all.

It just seems like the media like them - but I cant see why they are so special as some make them out to be?

And Robinson was Ince nr 2 - the worst manager we have ever had. Why take his assistant as our new savior??

Also kept on by Sam Allardyce. People kept harping on about Sherwood surviving a managerial change, so why not offer Karl Robinson the same courtesy? Robinson is a better option than the media faves (Sherwood and Shearer) for a start. And of the all the managers who've been linked, he'd actually be my 3rd choice.

I think our best bet is a man with fresh ideas, but SOME experience.

1. OGS.

2. Keith Hill.

3. Karl Robinson.

And yes, my opinion changes every time I change my socks :/

[chaddyrovers]

Robinson comments about Rovers before the League cup game this season. which we lost to them

http://www.mkdons.com/news/article/robbos-fondness-of-rovers-337591.aspx

[roverandout]

wow such nice comments, will that help us with promotion?

regarding glen's summary, nicko thinks its bull and he says anyone who makes a list like that is 'clueless'.

chaddy, im not having a pop at you with my facetious comments, just frustrated with venkys usual hotair!!!

[perthblue02]

If he's still represented by the same person wonder if Karl Robinson's agent still has shares in a well known Sports Agency ?

[1864roverite]

If Venkys KEAN this one up the club dies, simple as that.

[roverandout]

what do you mean IF??

[unsall]

I can't believe some so called fans threatening to stay away if their choice of manager isn't appointed,we have all seen G M tweets re Shebbys comments tonight,but so far nothing has been decided,like Glenn said they do tend to change their minds pretty often.

If they do want another Jose or Avb,they have seen what has happened over in this country with the likes of Nigel Adkins,Brendon Rogers,Paul Lambert and Brian McDermott,now you've got to be honest we wouldn't have picked any of them a few years back,but you can't argue with what they have done in the last few years,so who knows that might be the route to go down,Suppose the up and coming guys are Karl Robinson,Dougie Freedman and Keith Hill,it is a big gamble but its also a gamble with some of the foreigners who have banded about.So a massive decision but whoever it is I will back him and let's be very thankful we've got rid of Kean.

[Salgado Is A Hero]

Dougie Freedman has done a good job at Palace, surprised more people aren't backing his case.

Comfortably kept them up last season despite losing his best player (Danns) also led the Eagles to the Carling Cup Semi Final (lost on penalties to Cardiff, beat Man Utd at Old Trafford in Quarters) and has taken Palace to 4th this year despite losing Clyne and Ambrose, He has had a limited budget at Palace, and regularly had to try and get the best out of an average squad with a lot of young players.

We mentioned him a bit before but he falls into the Simon Grayson etc category of good options but we have no idea if they're interested or we're interested.

Keith Hill has been championed a bit from people who know enough about him.....Ince is a shocking manager who although done well at Macclesfield and MK Dons, was terrible at us, MK Dons the 2nd time and Notts County......although most would either love an experienced manager (or Shearer ffs) I don't think we should be totally against a "lower league manager" like Hill or Robinson.

A lot of managers start their careers at lower levels....it's the smart thing to do imo......Lambert managed Livingston. Wycombe and Colchester......Rodgers was at Watford and Reading.....Martinez managed Swansea in League 1....Di Matteo was at MK Dons.....Moyes at Preston....Adkins started at Bangor City.....McDermott at Slough Town and Woking.....O'Neill at teams worse than that......Allardyce at Limerick, Notts County etc and even Ferguson started his career at East Sterlingshire before going to St Mirren.

What if clubs didn't gamble on them? Every managerial appointment is a gamble anyway.....the foreign ones with a better CV won't be experienced in English football.....apart from Sven who failed at Leicester......the up-and-coming ones won't have enough experience.....even highly rated ones like OGS.

I'm against Keane, Shearer, Ince, Kidd and Sven....anyone else is fair game, although obviously I'd prefer some to others.

[LeChuck]

Nigel Adkins,Brendon Rogers,Paul Lambert and Brian McDermott,now you've got to be honest we wouldn't have picked any of them a few years back

That's a very, very good point, and I hope one that people remember. The likes of Rodgers and Lambert had hardly set the world on fire before they were appointed.

I'd love a more ambitious appointment, but we have to get behind the new man regardless.

[my_name_is_Earl]

To me, it seems as though Singh wants young, dynamic albeit inexperienced whilst the brothers want experience and know how.

The brothers will have the final say as Singh has proved that his actions have no clout when he couldn't sack Kean when he said he could.

Still a shambles though, nearly two weeks have gone and we are no nearer. Amateurish at best....

[DE.]

Considering we're moving in Venky-time this is actually progressing quite quickly.

[AJW]

it WOULD be typical of Venkys to make a step backwards just when they have taken 2 forwards , i cannot believe that after the Kean up of a job that Kean did they are willing to stake promotion and all the riches that will bring from next season on the likes of Hill , Dickov , Freedman and Robinson . these are either too young too inexperienced or too risky , and with the quality of experienced coaches that have applied/showed interest they are not needed . they should be getting the thanks but no thanks letter